Category Archives: Education

“A spokesman for the Department for Education said: “We are very disappointed that the NUT and NASUWT have announced they will be taking further strike action, which less than a quarter of teachers actually voted for.“” link here Number of … Continue reading →

As a probably soon to-be Primary trainee teacher come this September and as Things Can Only Get Better’s resident Education ‘expert’, I suppose it’s almost unavoidable that I write a post on Mr Gove’s new proposals to GCSEs (le sigh). … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: This piece was originally posted on the Birmingham University Labour Students (BULS) blog on the 10th December 2010. Right, I’m not going to really focus directly upon the vote today on tuition fees, enough has been mentioned upon that area … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: Due to technical difficulties, Max was unable to publish his blog contributions on the Sunday evening deadline. Slow, painful and meticulous punishments will be enacted accordingly. Oh Gove, where to begin. This was meant to be a rather concise post critiquing SATS and … Continue reading →

Oh Gove. My “love” for thee is undying. First we had Free Schools, then we had scrapping of Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and now we have your recent batch of ideas thought up on the back of a napkin. For anyone who’s … Continue reading →